Mt. SAC Wins The NATYCAA Cup For Second Straight Year

Sacramento, CA . . .The California
Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), in association with
the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators
(NATYCAA), today released the final CCCAA standings of the 2013-14
NATYCAA Cup.

Mt. San Antonio College (Walnut, CA) topped the final standings
with a score of 176.5 points for their second NATYCAA Cup win in as
many years. They have become the first school to earn back-to-back
NATYCAA Cup victories. Last year Mt. SAC beat the CCCAA record
point total with 177.5, a mark they missed by just one point in the
2013-14 seasons. This is Mt. SAC’s fourth time winning the
prestigious award, all within the last six years. Their previous
wins came in the 2008-09, 2010-11 and the 2012-13 seasons. Coming
in second is Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA), with a total of
172.5 points. Placing third for the second year in a row was
American River College (Sacramento, CA) with 148.5 points. Rounding
out the top ten is Fresno City College (Fresno, CA), Riverside City
College (Riverside, CA), Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), Santa Rosa
Junior College (Santa Rosa, CA), Sierra College (Rocklin, CA),
earning their first top ten placement in ninth, San Joaquin Delta
College (Stockton, CA) and Golden West College (Huntington Beach,
CA).

During the 2013-14 season Mt. San Antonio won a State
championship in women’s track & field and earned second
place finishes in men’s soccer, women’s basketball,
women’s softball and men’s swim & dive. They also
had third place finishes in women’s cross country and
men’s wrestling as well as earning spots in the State
championships in men’s track & field, men’s cross
country and women’s swim & dive. Mt. San Antonio
College has a strong history in the NATYCAA Cup placing in the top
two in each of the last six years and never placing below sixth in
the awards 11 year history.

A college is awarded points based on its team’s final
positions in post-conference competition. Each college’s
top-five men’s and top-five women’s team results count
toward the school’s overall point total. Complete standings,
scoring criteria, and history of the NATYCAA Cup is available on
the CCCAA website, http://www.cccaasports.org/NATYCAA/NATYCAA_Cup_Scoring_Criteria.pdf.

NATYCAA is the professional organization of two-year college
athletic administrators and membership is open to all two-year
institutions throughout the country. The NATYCAA Awards were
designed to recognize and reward overall program excellence at the
two-year college level. The criterion for the State
Association’s division was developed by the CCCAA in
conjunction with the California Community College Sports
Information Association (CCCSIA). This is the eleventh year that
NATYCAA has sponsored a State Association’s division.
Sierra College captured the inaugural award in 2003-04,
Fresno City College won the award in 2004-05, Long Beach City
College claimed the top spot in 2005-06, Orange Coast won in
2006-07, Fresno City took the award for the second time in the
2007-08 season, Mt. San Antonio won in 2008-09, Orange Coast won
for the second time during 2009-10, Mt. SAC won their second
Cup in 2010-11, Fresno City earned their third victory in 2011-12
and Mt. SAC won their third title in 2012-13.

Mt. San Antonio College will be recognized along with Orange
Coast and American River at the NATYCAA Awards Luncheon, held
during the 2014 NATYCAA Convention on Monday, June 9, at the World
Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Florida. Awards will be
presented to the top three colleges and the top twenty schools in
the division will receive recognition.

About the
CCCAA
The California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) is
the governing body providing oversight of intercollegiate athletics
within the California Community College System. The single largest
educational system in the world, with attendance in excess of 2.6
million students annually, the California Community College system
serves one-third of all community college students in the United
States. The CCCAA establishes the rules and regulations to
administer the intercollegiate athletic activities of the student
athletes attending California's community colleges. To view the
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